Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of AgricultureMissouri State Board of Agriculture, 1894 |
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... land to fruit - growing ? It seems appropriate to this occasion to recall the attention of horticulturists to the rapidly growing tendency of population to our towns and cities . The increase of urban population and the growing demand ...
... land to fruit - growing ? It seems appropriate to this occasion to recall the attention of horticulturists to the rapidly growing tendency of population to our towns and cities . The increase of urban population and the growing demand ...
Page 17
... land is best for orchards . It seems that nature has especially endowed this portion of our land for fruit culture . Hence , we do not want the highest priced prairie land , but we must choose for our orchards , lands that are best ...
... land is best for orchards . It seems that nature has especially endowed this portion of our land for fruit culture . Hence , we do not want the highest priced prairie land , but we must choose for our orchards , lands that are best ...
Page 18
... land off with plow . This last preparation was much more expensive than the first , but I am sure that the crop of oats and three plowings have been of great value to the orchard . So you see there are expensive ways of setting an ...
... land off with plow . This last preparation was much more expensive than the first , but I am sure that the crop of oats and three plowings have been of great value to the orchard . So you see there are expensive ways of setting an ...
Page 19
... land . First , beginning at the rivers , we have rich bottom land from one to 10 miles wide , back of this we have a range of bluff and hill land from one to five miles wide ; and back of this rich , rolling and level prairie . Orchards ...
... land . First , beginning at the rivers , we have rich bottom land from one to 10 miles wide , back of this we have a range of bluff and hill land from one to five miles wide ; and back of this rich , rolling and level prairie . Orchards ...
Page 20
... land and land adjacent to rivers and large bodies of water where fruit is grown for orchards , as it often saves them from kill- ing frosts by fog . The cost of the bluff and hill land in North Missouri ranges from $ 10 to $ 30 per acre ...
... land and land adjacent to rivers and large bodies of water where fruit is grown for orchards , as it often saves them from kill- ing frosts by fog . The cost of the bluff and hill land in North Missouri ranges from $ 10 to $ 30 per acre ...
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